Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 Ford 400: This was the last race of the 2009 season. For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sundays race. ABC was the broadcast team for this event.
Total number of commercials: 118
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 59
Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 18
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:15 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:40 PM
Total minutes: 205
Minutes of race broadcast: 159
Minutes of commercials: 46
Number of missed restarts: 0 One restart occurred right as broadcast returned from commercialtoo close to call
Number of mysterious cautions (reason for caution not given): 1
Number of commercial-free moments at the end of the race broadcast: 35 Thanks ESPN
Total race brdcst time 159 Total comm. brdcst time 46Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
Michael Waltrip  13
A.J. Allmendinger  32
Carl Edwards  44
Dale Earnhardt Jr.  46
Juan Montoya  72
Kyle Busch  76
Jeff Gordon  91
Denny Hamlin (race winner)  106
Jeff Burton  112
Mark Martin  123
Kevin Harvick  142
Kurt Busch  147
Jimmie Johnson (Champion)  218
See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(11-23-2009)

Phoenix Race and Commercial Breakdown: For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sundays race. ABC was the broadcast team for this event.
Total number of commercials: 111
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 58
Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 22
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:15 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:23 PM
Total minutes: 188
Minutes of race broadcast: 140
Minutes of commercials: 48
Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of mystery cautions (debris not shown): 2
Total race brdcst time 140 Total comm. brdcst time 48Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
Robby Gordon  23
Erik Darnell  23
Scott Speed  23
Greg Biffle  23
Dale Earnhardt Jr.  33
Kasey Kahne  38
Kyle Busch  47
Martin Truex Jr.  59
Jeff Burton  75
Jeff Gordon  89
Kurt Busch  110
Denny Hamlin  115
Mark Martin  140
Jimmie Johnson (race winner)  227
See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(11-16-2009)

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 Dickies 500/Texas:
Total number of commercials: 123
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 59
Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 25
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:15 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:59 PM
Total minutes: 224
Minutes of race broadcast: 174
Minutes of commercials: 50
Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of mystery cautions (debris not shown): 0
Number of times a replay of Johnsons wreck on lap three was shown: 13
Number of minutes Jimmie Johnsons car was in the garage under repair: 68
Number of times Jimmie Johnsons car was shown being worked on during the race broadcast: 17
Number of times Chad Knaus was shown working on Jimmies car following the wreck: 5
Number of times a replay was shown of Carl Edwards wreck: 5
Total race brdcst time 174 Total comm. brdcst time 50Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
Michael McDowell  2
Bobby Labonte  25
Brad Keselowski  27
Jeff Burton  30
Brian Vickers  41
A.J. Allmendinger  50
David Ragan  55
Marcos Ambrose  73
Jimmie Johnson  111
Mark Martin  114
Jeff Gordon  121
Kurt Busch (race winner)  162
Kyle Busch  197
See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(11-9-2009)

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 AMP Energy 500: For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sundays race. ABC was the broadcast team for this event.
Total number of commercials: 113
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 54
Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 26
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 1:01 pm
End time to record race/commercial periods: 4:48 pm
Total minutes: 227
Minutes of race broadcast: 175
Minutes of commercials: 52
Number of missed restarts: 0 one time the restart was occurring right as the broadcast came back from commercialtoo close to call
Number of mystery cautions (debris not shown): 1
Number of debris cautions (debris shown): 1
Number of times No-Doz was suggested for the fans in an overheard radio conversation: 1 Tony Stewart
Total race brdcst time 175 Total comm. brdcst time 52Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
Robert Richardson Jr.  2
Max Papis  7
Bobby Labonte  27
A.J. Allmendinger  29
Kasey Kahne  36
Brad Keselowski  37
Jamie McMurray (race winner)  47
Elliott Sadler  54
Ryan Newman  63
Kyle Busch  69
Jeff Burton  72
Jimmie Johnson  74
Mark Martin  90
Denny Hamlin  91
Jeff Gordon  114
Dale Earnhardt Jr.  120
See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(11-2-2009)

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 Tums Fast Relief 500: For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sundays race. ABC was the broadcast team for this event.
Total number of commercials: 107
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 54
Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 34
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 1:30 pm
End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:22 pm
Total minutes: 232
Minutes of race broadcast: 182
Minutes of commercials: 50
Number of missed restarts: 0 however two restarts occurred right as the race returned from commercialstoo close to call
Number of mystery cautions (debris not shown): 1
Number of debris cautions (debris shown): 1
Total race brdcst time 182 Total comm. brdcst time 50Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
Travis Kvapil  2
Derrike Cope  3
Jamie McMurray  47
Dale Earnhardt Jr.  57
Jeff Burton  70
Casey Mears  79
Kevin Harvick  96
Kyle Busch  101
Tony Stewart  104
Ryan Newman  110
Jeff Gordon  153
Juan Montoya  188
Denny Hamlin (race winner)  232
Jimmie Johnson  255
See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(10-26-2009)

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway: For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sundays race. ABC was the broadcast team for this event.
Total number of commercials: 123
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 74
Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 41
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:15 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 7:25 PM
Total minutes: 250
Minutes of race broadcast: 199
Minutes of commercials: 51
Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of mystery cautions (debris not shown): 2
Number of debris cautions where the debris WAS shown: 1
Total race brdcst time 199 Total comm. brdcst time 51Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
Max Papis  10
Kyle Busch  25
Dave Gilliland  34
David Ragan  38
Jeff Burton  39
Carl Edwards  47
Kasey Kahne  59
Tony Stewart  65
Kurt Busch  75
Dale Earnhardt Jr.  79
Denny Hamlin  95
Jeff Gordon  130
Mark Martin  142
Juan Montoya  188
Jimmie Johnson (race winner)  226
See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(10-12-2009)

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 Price Chopper 400 at Kansas: For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sundays race. ABC was the broadcast team for this event.
Total number of commercials: 103
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 56
Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 21
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:00 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:13 PM
Total minutes: 193
Minutes of race broadcast: 147
Minutes of commercials: 46
Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of mystery cautions (debris not shown): 0 although there was one for fluid on the track (not shown)
Number of on-screen boxes showing Brett Favres football statistics during the race: 1
Total race brdcst time 147 Total comm. brdcst time 46Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
Bobby Labonte  7
Jeff Burton  12
Carl Edwards  32
Kyle Busch  37
Joey Logano  38
Kurt Busch  50
Dale Earnhardt Jr.  61
Mark Martin  100
Jeff Gordon  121
Juan Montoya  126
Tony Stewart (race winner)  127
Greg Biffle  133
Jimmie Johnson  169
See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(10-5-2009)

Race and Commercial Breakdown for Dover: For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sundays race. ABC was the broadcast team for this event. Throughout the breakdown, you can find links to sponsors, or special items-of-interest such as links to contests and movie sites. At the very bottom you can check how many times selected drivers were focused on during the race.
Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 AAA 400
Total number of commercials: 113
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 60
Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 38
Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 26
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:00 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:03 PM
Total minutes: 243
Minutes of race broadcast: 197
Minutes of commercials: 46
Number of commercial-free minutes at the end of the race: 65
Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of mystery cautions (debris not shown): 2
Total race brdcst time 197 Total comm. brdcst time 46Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
Mike Bliss  2
Sam Hornish Jr.  26
Jeff Burton  29
Dale Earnhardt Jr.  38
Brian Vickers  35
A.J. Allmendinger  53
Tony Stewart  90
Kasey Kahne  114
Juan Montoya  120
Greg Biffle  121
Ryan Newman  129
Mark Martin  134
Kurt Busch  146
Jimmie Johnson (race winner)  194
See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(9-28-2009)

Race and Commercial Breakdown for New Hampshire: For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sundays race. ABC was the broadcast team for this event. Throughout the breakdown, you can find links to sponsors, or special items-of-interest such as links to contests and movie sites. At the very bottom you can check how many times selected drivers were focused on during the race.
Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 Sylvania 300
Total number of commercials: 115
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 53
Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 26
Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 20
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:00 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:26 PM
Total minutes: 206
Minutes of race broadcast: 153
Minutes of commercials: 53
Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of mystery cautions (debris not shown): 3
Total race brdcst time 153 Total comm. brdcst time 53Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
Mike Wallace  7
Marcos Ambrose  23
David Reutimann  29
Bobby Labonte  35
Jeff Burton  39
Greg Biffle  41
Kyle Busch  70
Dale Earnhardt Jr.  82
Jimmie Johnson  105
Mark Martin (race winner)  114
Tony Stewart  135
Denny Hamlin  149
Juan Montoya  182
Kurt Busch  189
See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(9-21-2009)

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 Chevy Rock & Roll 400: For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Saturdays race. ABC was the broadcaster for this event.
Total number of commercials: 109
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 68
Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 24
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 7:52 pm
End time to record race/commercial periods: 11:18 pm
Total minutes: 206
Minutes of race broadcast: 154
Minutes of commercials: 52
Number of missed restarts: 0 one very close call
Number of mystery cautions (debris not shown): 2
Number of times a commercial for ESPNs SportsCenter was shown in split-screen with the race broadcast: 3
Total race brdcst time 154 Total comm. brdcst time 52Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
Mike Bliss  2
Michael McDowell  6
Dave Gilliland  14
Brad Keselowski  16
Jeff Burton  28
Dale Earnhardt Jr.  45
Martin Truex Jr.  51
Sam Hornish Jr.  56
Clint Bowyer  61
Kevin Harvick  74
Kurt Busch  97
Brian Vickers  100
Jimmie Johnson  106
Mark Martin  117
Kyle Busch  141
Denny Hamlin (race winner)  166
See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(9-14-2009)

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the Pep Boys Auto 500: For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sundays race. ESPN was the broadcast team for this event.
Total number of commercials: 125
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 76
Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 56
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 7:31 pm
End time to record race/commercial periods: 11:33 pm
Total minutes: 242
Minutes of race broadcast: 190
Minutes of commercials: 52
Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of mystery cautions (no debris shown): 0
Number of times an ESPN SportsCenter commercial was on screen in a split-screen with the race: 2
Total race brdcst time 190 Total comm. brdcst time 52Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
Erik Darnell  3
Dave Gilliland  14
Jeff Burton  28
Robby Gordon  33
Bobby Labonte  35
Kurt Busch  57
Tony Stewart  62
David Reutimann  63
Matt Kenseth  81
Brian Vickers  86
Juan Montoya  109
Jimmie Johnson  127
Kyle Busch  137
Jeff Gordon  138
Denny Hamlin  138
Kasey Kahne (race winner)  140
Kevin Harvick  141
See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(9-10-2009)

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 Sharpie 500: For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Saturdays race. ESPN was the broadcast team for this event.
Total number of commercials: 76
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 61
Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 47
Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 4 min. 5 sec.
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 7:32 pm
End time to record race/commercial periods: 11:09 pm
Total minutes: 217
Minutes of race broadcast: 166
Minutes of commercials: 51
Number of missed restarts: 0 three close calls
Number of AT&T commercials abruptly cut into to come back to a restart: 1 Thanks, ESPN
Number of mystery cautions (no debris shown): 0
Total race brdcst time 166 Total comm. brdcst time 51Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
Terry Labonte  6
Scott Wimmer  23
Regan Smith  28
Jeff Burton  40
Dale Earnhardt Jr.  50
Marcos Ambrose  59
Marcos Ambrose  66
Greg Biffle  68
Jeff Gordon  68
Martin Truex Jr.  73
Kyle Busch (race winner)  99
Kurt Busch  114
Jimmie Johnson  114
Mark Martin  173
See full report and more at CawsnJaws.com.(8-24-2009)

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 Carfax 400: For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sundays race.
Total number of commercials: 131
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 71
Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 17
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:01 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:41 PM
Total minutes: 220
Minutes of race broadcast: 172
Minutes of commercials: 48
Number of commercial-free minutes at the end of the race: 39
Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of mystery cautions (no debris shown): 0
Total race brdcst time 172 Total comm. brdcst time 48Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
Bobby Labonte  4
A.J. Allmendinger  6
Bill Elliott  8
Jeff Burton  12
Kyle Busch  50
Juan Montoya  71
Carl Edwards  72
Kurt Busch  75
Dale Earnhardt Jr.  87
Matt Kenseth  111
Jeff Gordon  133
Mark Martin  140
Brian Vickers (race winner)  167
Jimmie Johnson  198
See full report and more at CawsnJaws.com.(8-17-2009)

Race and Commercial Breakdown for Watkins Glen: For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Mondays race.
Total number of commercials: 139
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 65
Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 21
Sunday Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:01 PM
Sunday End time to record race/commercial periods: 2:38 PM
Sunday Total minutes: 37
Monday Start time to record race/commercial periods: 12:01 PM
Monday End time to record race/commercial periods: 3:10 PM
Monday Total minutes: 189
Total minutes for both days: 226
Minutes of race broadcast: 174
Minutes of commercials: 52
Number of missed restarts: 1
Number of mystery cautions (no debris shown): 1
Number of Boris Said Foot Cam Shots: 2
Total race brdcst time 143 Total comm. brdcst time 46Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
P.J. Jones  2
Tony Ave  3
Andy Lally  7
Ron Fellows  10
Jeff Burton  23
Dale Earnhardt Jr.  24
Bobby Labonte  33
Jeff Gordon  47
Max Papis  48
Boris Said  52
Carl Edwards  75
Greg Biffle  101
Jimmie Johnson  124
Tony Stewart (race winner)  150
Kyle Busch  178
Marcos Ambrose  225
See full report and more at CawsnJaws.com.(8-11-2009)

Commercial breakdown for Indianapolis:
For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sundays race.
Total number of commercials: 107
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 56
Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 24
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:03 pm
End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:12 pm
Total minutes: 189
Minutes of race broadcast: 147
Minutes of commercials: 42
Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of mystery cautions (no debris shown): 0
Number of Driver Introductions seen in its entirety: 1 Nice touch!
Number of Speedway Chairpersons to give the call to start the engines: 1 Mari Hulman George
Number of extra pace laps, due to debris from opening ceremonies: 1
Number of male enhancement ads: 1 many fans find these ads very offensiveNumber of times selected drivers were focused on:
Terry Labonte  1
Kyle Busch  20
Jeff Burton  21
Dave Gilliland  29
Kevin Harvick  34
Joey Logano  41
Jeff Gordon  42
Dale Earnhardt Jr.  47
Greg Biffle  49
Brian Vickers  85
Tony Stewart  90
Jimmie Johnson (race winner)  101
Mark Martin  111
Juan Pablo Montoya  138
See full report and more at CawsnJaws.com.(7-27-2009)